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Roger Cracknell is affiliated with Shell (Netherlands) and is based in the Netherlands. Their research focuses primarily on engineering and chemical engineering, contributing extensively to the advancement of combustion technologies and related fields.

Their work spans several subfields, including fluid flow and transfer processes, computational mechanics, biomedical engineering, aerospace engineering, and automotive engineering. The main topics they cover include advanced combustion engine technologies, combustion and flame dynamics, biodiesel production and applications, vehicle emissions and performance, combustion and detonation processes, heat transfer and supercritical fluids, and catalytic processes in materials science.

They have published a number of scientific papers in various reputable publication venues. Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • SAE technical papers on CD-ROM/SAE technical paper series
  • Fuel
  • Combustion and Flame
  • Proceedings of the Combustion Institute
  • International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Roger Cracknell cover experimental, modeling, and analysis aspects of combustion and fuels. Notable publications include:

  • Experimental investigation of ethanol/diesel dual-fuel combustion in a heavy-duty diesel engine, 2020, Fuel
  • A physics-based approach to modeling real-fuel combustion chemistry - VI. Predictive kinetic models of gasoline fuels, 2020, Combustion and Flame
  • Assessing the Efficiency of a New Gasoline Compression Ignition (GCI) Concept, 2020, SAE technical papers on CD-ROM/SAE technical paper series
  • Deep learning-driven analysis for cellular structure characteristics of spherical premixed hydrogen-air flames, 2024, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
  • An experimental auto-ignition and kinetic modelling study of binary and ternary cyclopentane/toluene/diisobutylene/iso-octane mixtures, 2022, Proceedings of the Combustion Institute

They have collaborated frequently with a number of coauthors throughout their research career. The most common collaborators include:

  • Allen A. Aradi
  • Sandro Gaïl
  • Junfeng Yang
  • Gengxin Zhang
  • Hongming Xu

Roger Cracknell's research primarily addresses complex phenomena in combustion and energy conversion, combining experimental and computational approaches. This includes studying advanced combustion concepts, fuel chemistry models, flame characteristics, and emission performance to enhance the understanding and development of sustainable engine technologies.

Best Publications

  • Combustion performance of bio-ethanol at various blend ratios in a gasoline direct injection engine

    Dale Turner;Hongming Xu;Roger F. Cracknell;Vinod Natarajan

  • Influence of pore geometry on the design of microporous materials for methane storage

    Roger F. Cracknell;Peter Gordon;Keith E. Gubbins

  • Mapping surrogate gasoline compositions into RON/MON space

    Neal Morgan;Andrew Smallbone;Amit Bhave;Markus Kraft

  • Direct Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Flow Down a Chemical Potential Gradient in a Slit-Shaped Micropore

    Roger F. Cracknell;David Nicholson;Nicholas Quirke

  • Autoignition of toluene reference fuels at high pressures modeled with detailed chemical kinetics

    Johan C. G. Andrae;Johan C. G. Andrae;P. Bjornbom;R. F. Cracknell;G. T. Kalghatgi

  • Impact of fuel and injection system on particle emissions from a GDI engine

    Chongming Wang;Hongming Xu;Hongming Xu;Jose Martin Herreros;Jianxin Wang

  • Nitrogen Adsorption in Slit Pores at Ambient Temperatures: Comparison of Simulation and Experiment

    Katsumi Kaneko;Roger F. Cracknell;David Nicholson

  • Ultra Boost for Economy: Extending the Limits of Extreme Engine Downsizing

    J. W. G. Turner;A. Popplewell;R. Patel;T. R. Johnson

  • Effect of fuel temperature on in-nozzle cavitation and spray formation of liquid hydrocarbons and alcohols from a real-size optical injector for direct-injection spark-ignition engines

    P.G. Aleiferis;J. Serras-Pereira;A. Augoye;T.J. Davies

  • Cavitation, primary break-up and flash boiling of gasoline, iso-octane and n-pentane with a real-size optical direct-injection nozzle

    J. Serras-Pereira;Z. van Romunde;P.G. Aleiferis;D. Richardson

  • A grand canonical Monte Carlo study of Lennard-Jones mixtures in slit shaped pores

    Roger F. Cracknell;David Nicholson;Nicholas Quirke

  • Molecular simulation of hydrogen adsorption in graphitic nanofibres

    Roger F. Cracknell

  • Performance, combustion and emissions of a diesel engine operated with reformed EGR. Comparison of diesel and GTL fuelling

    A Abu-Jrai;Jose Rodriguez-Fernandez;Athanasios Tsolakis;A Megaritis

  • Laminar burning velocity measurements of liquid fuels at elevated pressures and temperatures with combustion residuals

    S.P. Marshall;S. Taylor;C.R. Stone;T.J. Davies

  • Determination of Micropore Size Distribution from Grand Canonical Monte Carlo Simulations and Experimental CO2 Isotherm Data

    S. Samios;and A. K. Stubos;N. K. Kanellopoulos;R. F. Cracknell

  • Rotational insertion bias: a novel method for simulating dense phases of structured particles, with particular application to water

    Roger F. Cracknell;David Nicholson;Neville G. Parsonage;Huw Evans

  • Effect of Gas-to-Liquid Diesel Fuels on Combustion Characteristics, Engine Emissions, and Exhaust Gas Fuel Reforming. Comparative Study

    Ahmad Abu-Jrai;Athanasios Tsolakis;Kampanart Theinnoi;R Cracknell

  • Modeling Fluid Behavior in Well-Characterized Porous Materials

    Roger F. Cracknell;Keith E. Gubbins;Michael Maddox;David Nicholson

  • Adsorption and selectivity of carbon dioxide with methane and nitrogen in slit-shaped carbonaceous micropores: Simulation and experiment

    Roger F. Cracknell;David Nicholson;Stephen R. Tennison;Jill Bromhead

  • Probing the antagonistic effect of toluene as a component in surrogate fuel models at low temperatures and high pressures. A case study of toluene/dimethyl ether mixtures

    Yingjia Zhang;Yingjia Zhang;Kieran P. Somers;Kieran P. Somers;Marco Mehl;William J. Pitz

Frequent Co-Authors

Hongming Xu
Hongming Xu University of Birmingham
Athanasios Tsolakis
Athanasios Tsolakis University of Birmingham
David Nicholson
David Nicholson University of Queensland
Gautam Kalghatgi
Gautam Kalghatgi Independent Scientist / Consultant, UK
Keith E. Gubbins
Keith E. Gubbins North Carolina State University
Henry J. Curran
Henry J. Curran University of Galway
Miroslaw L. Wyszynski
Miroslaw L. Wyszynski University of Birmingham
Nick Quirke
Nick Quirke Imperial College London
Markus Kraft
Markus Kraft University of Cambridge
Andrew Smallbone
Andrew Smallbone Durham University

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